title: Trigeminal neuralgia associated with cerebellopontine angle lipoma in childhood.
abstract: Cerebellopontine angle lipomas are rare and more rarely associated with trigeminal neuralgia especially in childhood. Medical treatment provides relief from the pain; however, the effect may not be permanent. Surgical treatment is associated with a high morbidity rate; therefore, surgery should be considered only in intractable cases. In this article we describe the clinical course and radiological features of a 6-year-old girl with a cerebellopontine angle lipoma who presented with a 4-year history of left-side trigeminal neuralgia, especially in the mandibular area. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an extra-axial fatty mass at the level of the 'dorsal-entry zone' of the trigeminal nerve. The pain improved with carbamazepine therapy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Medical School of Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. emrahegemen@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Emrah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Egemen
authors.forename: Alp Özgün
authors.initials: AÖ
authors.lastname: Börcek
authors.forename: Burak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karaaslan
authors.forename: Mustafa Kemali
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Baykaner
mesh_terms: D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*